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Adoption across Borders

Serving the Children in Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions

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Adoption across Borders

Serving the Children in Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions

Description

For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied include white parents; African American, Hispanic, and Korean children; and Jewish Stars of David families, among others. This book summarizes their findings and compares them with other studies. It is an invaluable source of data on the number and frequency of transracial and intercountry adoptions and on the attitudes toward them. Moreover, it strongly advocates and demonstrates the positive effects of transracial and intercountry adoptions, countering public policy initiatives that emphasize 'same race' adoption practices.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1 The History and Frequency of Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions
Chapter 3 2 The Legal Perspective on Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions
Chapter 4 3 The Case against Transracial Adoption
Chapter 5 4 Results of Empirical Studies on Transracial Adoptions
Chapter 6 5 Results of Empirical Studies on Intercountry Adoptions
Chapter 7 6 A Comparison of the Experiences of Adult Korean and Black Transracial Adoptees
Chapter 8 7 The Experiences of Stars of David Families: 1987 and 1997
Chapter 9 8 Concluding Remarks and Policy Recommendations
Chapter 10 Index
Chapter 11 About the Authors

Product details

Published 09 Feb 2000
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9780742569386
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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